1980s Top 1000

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RSN 1980s Top 1000 List created by Gabriel Thy

When I left the chicken farm at Lofton Creek FL in September, 1980, little did I know that monumental rock icons Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Seger would soon start to fade into the background of history, at least for a rather long spell, as another set of celebrated sounds with different intellectual and emotional considerations and vocals would be pushed to the forefront of my consciousness. I was now residing in Hurricane Allen-ravaged Corpus Christi TX, at the request of my brother Clyde, the roofing contractor. After a short stint with him, I took on the task of breaking into the taxi business, becoming the only anglo is the all-hispanic company, Red Top Taxi. Punk and electronic had already made its mark on sound and fashion; the Eighties push had begun. This push started out as "new wave" which would morph into fresh pop in shiny day-glo new clothes. Punk would grow darker and heavier for the remainder of the decade. Metal became suburban big hair normal, slashing its crude assault on the senses known as speed metal. Even old pop rock bands from the 60s would hit the Eighties running with a new perspective, a new questioning, a new date zero, some 70s punk bands would tear through the Eighties as damn near mainstream giants, such as the Ramones and Iggy Pop. I would engage them all pn a more personal level than mere record listening, by relocating back to Atlanta for a brief eighteen month period, and then onto Washington, DC, home of the hardcore punk scene. This punk scene raged against me, and I raged right back.December 29, 2013